Pete Foster, 81, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 at his residence in Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont. Pete was born April 17, 1932 to the late Arthur and Laura Foster (LaBelle) in Emo, Ont. and resided in the area for most […]

William Keith Smith, 76, formerly of 340 Third St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. Keith was born in Fort Frances to William “Bill” and Jean (nee Matheson) Smith. He resided in Fort Frances at the family […]

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of William Alexander Snider on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, surrounded by his family, as the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. at the age of 74. He was predeceased by his parents, Dora May and Roy […]

It is with profound sorrow that the family of Bruce Robert Lowes announces his passing on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. After a courageous five-year battle with cancer, Bruce passed away with his family by his side at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Bruce was born in Fort […]

It is with great sadness that the family of Germaine Mary Roth announces her passing on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont., 23 days short of her 103rd birthday. Germaine was born Sept. 29, 1910 in Pinewood, Ont. She was one of nine […]

Dear editor: A big thank you to the kind gentleman who cut and cleared the storm-damaged trees on the Weller Lake road prior to the Labour Day weekend. Mother Nature’s fury left 15 or 20 trees across the road prior to the Cuttle Lake landing. I could negotiate around the […]

Today marks the 12th anniversary of “9/11”—the images of which still haunt us a dozen years later as we remember all the innocent lives lost on that terrible day. The world, meanwhile, waits with bated breath over whether the United States will launch a military strike against Syria in the […]

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our mother and grandmother, Dora Kolomy (nee Chorney), with family by her side, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 at her residence at the Grandview Nursing Home in Thunder Bay, Ont. Dora was born in Drobot, Sask. on Dec. 3, […]

It is with saddened hearts that we announce the passing of a husband, dad, pepère, and grand-pepère, Leo Joseph Tremblay, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013 at Victoria General Hospital at the age of 86. He was born March 21, 1927. Leo was predeceased by his parents, Wilfrid and Yvonne; youngest […]

It is with profound sorrow that the family of Bruce Robert Lowes announces his passing on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A memorial service will be held Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, with […]

It is with great sadness that the family of Germaine Mary Roth announces her passing on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont., 23 days short of her 103rd birthday. A funeral mass will be held Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 at 11 a.m. at […]

William Keith Smith, 76, formerly of 340 Third St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. Keith was born in Fort Frances to William “Bill” and Jean (nee Matheson) Smith. He resided in Fort Frances at the family […]